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Piazza D’Angelo owners Luigi Petrone, at left, and Felicia Ferguson, at right. ​In a note Friday to its customers and the larger 94941 community, Piazza D’Angelo owners Luigi Petrone and Felicia Ferguson announced that they were closing their restaurant “until the stay-at-home ordinance is lifted on Jan 4,” “due to the recent spike in COVID-19…

Youth sports organizations that can play outside were among the few who could breathe a sigh of relief after the Bay Area’s pre-emptive iteration on the state’s Stay-at-Home order went into effect Dec. 8. Dave Fromer Soccer was among them. The organization unveiled its Winter Soccer 2021 Program this week, an outdoor program held on a…

California launched its new contact tracing system, CA Notify, on Dec. 10. It’s essentially a smartphone feature you can opt into that will notify you of potential coronavirus exposure by using Bluetooth to detect which phones have been within several feet of one another for a certain amount of time. If someone tests positive, that person…

No need to mince words here: With the month-long Stay-at-Home Order taking effect this week, many of Mill Valley’s most critically important business sectors – restaurants and food-serving businesses, personal service providers like hair and nail salons and fitness facilities, all of whom will be operating at a tiny fraction of their usual business model…

Renderings of Phil Richardson’s proposed project at 575 East Blithedale. Courtesy images. The City of Mill Valley’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Task Force unveiled its full report and recommendations Monday evening in the form of a 93-page, 28-recommendation, multiple ”wow”-inducing document that spanned an array of topics, including our community’s lack of affordable housing. “Whites-only subdivisions, redlining, and other…

​”Restaurants can’t survive on takeout, it’s a bandaid on a severed leg.” Outdoor dining on Miller Avenue. Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, the EMV Blog has been beating the drum on behalf of all Mill Valley businesses. But few have been hit as hard, and as often, as our local restaurants. And are as much of…

City Council pledges to take quick action on a exhaustive report that ​spans affordable housing, cultural and recreational engagement, economic opportunity, education and policing, the latter of which was the focus of 13 of the 28 recommendations. Mill Valley’s DEI Task Force members. In August, as the City of Mill Valley unveiled its choice of Dr.…

Clean Mill Valley Co-Director Jill Young is on the case. A note from Clean Mill Valley Co-Director Joan Murray:“What Are You Noticing On Our Streets? Some Clean Mill Valley volunteers have resumed removing litter in and around town while others have decided is unsafe to do so. We encourage those who are reluctant to continue…

A selection of Pladra apparel, available at the company’s pop-up shop at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard through December 2020. Courtesy images. In the 9-month span of the COVID-19 crisis, local resident Scott Ellison has gone from the front steps of homes all over town to a cozy space at the south end of the…

Since the early days of the shelter in place order, many of Mill Valley’s places of worship pivoted to virtual services. Nine months later, Mt. Tam United Methodist Church, which was among those to lead the way in March with its ‘At Home & Together” virtual gatherings via Zoom and Facebook Live, continues to pivot. Church officials are hosting…

Picture this: Elephants, camels, kangaroo, penguins and even turtles are perched along fences adjacent to Mill Valley’s incredible network of Steps, Lanes & Paths. No, this isn’t some bizarre infusion of animals from far away places dropped into the 94941, but the creative creation of longtime local artist Teresa Rea, who has created Mill Valley…